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Redeemer Church PodcastCHRISTMAS 2022 | John NiewaldJoin us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextstepsWe would love to hear how God is transforming your life through this ministry! Tell us your story by emailing bethechurch@redeemermn.org! If you need prayer, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/prayerIf you would like to support Redeemer financially you can give online at www.redeemermn.org/giveFor more information about Redeemer Church, visit www.redeemermn.org===============FOLLOW Re...2022-12-2725 minRedeemer Church PodcastHEARING GOD'S VOICE | How To Receive God's Voice | John NiewaldIn today's message, Pastor John gives practical ways to prepare yourself to receive a word from God.==============Join us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextstepsWe would love to hear how God is transforming your life through this ministry! Tell us your story by emailing bethechurch@redeemermn.org! If you need prayer, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/prayerIf you would like to support Redeemer financially you can give online at ww...2022-10-1031 minRedeemer Church PodcastHEARING GOD'S VOICE | How To Recognize God's Voice | John NiewaldHow can you tell if what you are hearing is God's voice or just your own inner-dialogue? Pastor John answers that question in today's message, and gives 7 filters to help you recognize if what you are hearing is God's voice.==============Join us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextstepsWe would love to hear how God is transforming your life through this ministry! Tell us your story by emailing bethechurch@redeemermn.org! If you need prayer, le...2022-10-0333 minRedeemer Church PodcastHEARING GOD'S VOICE | Ways God Speaks | John NiewaldIn this weeks message, Pastor John helps show some of the most common ways you can hear from God. ==============Join us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextstepsWe would love to hear how God is transforming your life through this ministry! Tell us your story by emailing bethechurch@redeemermn.org! If you need prayer, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/prayerIf you would like to support Redeemer financially you can give onl...2022-09-2627 minRedeemer Church PodcastHEARING GOD'S VOICE | Attitude is Everything | John NiewaldPastor John wrote on a post-it note the Spiritual things he wanted his kids to know before they left for college. On the top of that list was how to hear God’s voice. In this 4-week series you’ll learn how to prepare yourself to hear from God, to know the ways God speaks to you, how to test and know that what you are hearing is actually from God, and then how do we respond to what He says.In today's message, Pastor John leads us through the parable of the four soils to help us u...2022-09-1928 minRedeemer Church PodcastKICKOFF SUNDAY | Now What? | John NiewaldWe all ask the same question as we come to the end of the season we’re in: “Now what?” It’s the question the disciples asked after Jesus was Crucified; it’s the question the early church asked after they launched; and it’s the question our church now asks after 106 years of ministry. Pastor John casts vision on how Jesus has answered the “Now what” for Redeemer this coming year.==============Join us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextsteps2022-09-1132 minRedeemer Church PodcastSERVE MONTH | Give It Away | John NiewaldIn this week's message, John Niewald unpacks the reality that in God's economy, if you want to keep something, you keep it by giving it away.==============Join us for service every Sunday at 10:30am (CST).If you said "Yes" to Jesus today, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/nextstepsWe would love to hear how God is transforming your life through this ministry! Tell us your story by emailing bethechurch@redeemermn.org! If you need prayer, let us know at www.redeemermn.org/prayerIf you would like to...2022-07-2528 minRedeemer Church PodcastI LOVE YOU ...BUT | I'm Never Talking to You Again! | John NiewaldMessage NotesIf it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18Forgiven people, forgive peopleKeys to pursue peace1.Become relentlessly humble2.Become an unconditional lavish blesserForgiveness is always possible, but reconciliation takes both partiesScriptureRomans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:21-22, Acts 15:36-41Support the show2022-05-0930 minRedeemer Church PodcastI LOVE YOU ...BUT | You Fight Dirty | John NiewaldMessage NotesHealthy relationships are not defined by the absence of conflict, they are defined by three ability to address and resolve conflict.How to fight the good fight:1. Learn to be self-aware (Matthew 7:3-5)2. Don't ignore the conflict (Matthew 5:23-24)3. Invite someone not involved (Matthew 18:15-17)ScriptureRomans 15:7, Romans 3:23, Matthew 7:1-5, Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 18:15-17Support the show2022-05-0227 minRedeemer Church PodcastI LOVE YOU ...BUT | I Want to Knock Your Block Off | John NiewaldMessage Notes"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight." James 4:1-2Desires can drive us to do dumb things In moments of frustration, ask God to grow youTwo practices that can transform your relationships1. Embrace forgiveness2. Practice radical acceptanceScriptureJames 4:1-2, 1 John 4:20, Matthew 20:37-40, John 13:34, I John 4...2022-04-2526 minRedeemer Church PodcastEASTER | Hope | John NiewaldHappy Easter Church!Support the show2022-04-1826 minRedeemer Church PodcastVoices of Lent | Episode 04 - "The Cross" | John NiewaldImagine being a witness to Jesus and the cross—to see the agony, the sacrifice, the miracle first-hand. The four Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ full life from birth, through his ministry, to the cross, and out of the tomb. Woven into the Gospels are the stories of five people who witnessed the horror and the victory of Jesus and the cross in real time. For Lent, as we prepare for the victory of Easter together, we will hear these first-person accounts of the events of the cross, creatively pieced together using the clues and context of the Bibl...2022-03-3008 minRedeemer Church PodcastFollow me... | Follow Me - Follow HIM | John NiewaldMessage NotesPaul learned that Jesus-shaped discipleship is not just the transfer of information, but the sharing of life together.Spiritual selflessness flows from a heart transformed from the inside out."So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be sa...2022-03-0728 minRedeemer Church PodcastFollow me... | New Family - New Problems | John NiewaldMessage NotesOur relationship to Christ is what unifies the churchThe basis for unity in the church is the attitude of selflessness, which is the mind of Christ.The cross was thought to be the place of ultimate humility and defeat and Jesus turned it into the place of ultimate victory and unityWe need to see our differences as a blessing if we are going to live out God’s call for us to make disciples of all nations.ScriptureI Corinthians 1:10-1...2022-02-2828 minRedeemer Church PodcastFollow me… | Encouraged to encourage | John NiewaldMessage NotesSome people are good at PUSHING. A Barnabas is one who PROPELS. The bedrock of Barnabas was his ability to ENCOURAGE. – The bedrock of THIS church must be that we ENCOURAGE one another.Become a Barnabas:1. Pray2. Be Positive3. Be Persistent ScriptureActs 9: 1-31, Acts 11: 19-30Support the show2022-02-2151 minRedeemer Church PodcastMission Outpost | IN | John Niewald Message Notes“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us ponder how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” - Hebrews 10:23-25For those who follow Jesus, we are to be a people who are bent inward, but we live outward. We grow to become like Jesus...2021-09-2024 min
Classical Theism PodcastTeaching Apologetics in High School w/ Andrew NiewaldWhat is unique about the program at St. John's Catholic School in Beloit, Kansas? How have apologetics and theology been taught there effectively? What opportunities do Catholic teachers have to form the culture? Dr. Andrew Niewald, a Catholic high school teacher, joins the show to relate his experiences on these topics. The Classical Theism Podcast aims to defend Catholic Christian ideas in conversation. With the help of various guests, I defend three pillars of the Catholic Christian worldview: (1) the God of classical theism exists, (2) Jesus is our Messiah and Lord, and (3) He founded the Catholic Church. We...2021-09-1531 minRedeemer Church PodcastMission Outpost | UP | John NiewaldMessage Notes“A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’ Thomas said to him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’” John 20:26-29Our community and cu...2021-09-1328 minRedeemer Church PodcastMisquoted | Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin | Pastor John Niewald Message Notes“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his br...2021-06-2827 minRedeemer Church PodcastMisquoted | Money is the Root of all Evil | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” I Timothy 6:6-10...2021-06-2125 minRedeemer Church PodcastMisquoted | God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes”Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4The people God uses seem to have very little concern about how much suffering they would endure.Why? - Because they had a cause worth suffering for and a Savior worth suffering with.Temptation will try to unravel your humani...2021-06-1424 minRedeemer Church PodcastMisquoted | God Helps Those Who Help Themselves | Pastor John Niewald Message Notes”The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. […] So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.” Exodus 2:23-25God will generally not do for you what he enables you to do yourself.God helps people who ask for help.God is able. - What we pray matters much less than who we pray to.God is willing. - God is willing to hear, to notice, to love, and to act.God helps p...2021-06-0724 minRedeemer Church PodcastREST | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“Come to me, all you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” - Matthew 11:28-30Rest is a great act of faith.Christians are called to embrace the spiritual practice of missing out.God’s rest is to be an act of cel...2021-05-3129 minRedeemer Church PodcastGod is bigger | Than your identity | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”I Peter 2:9-10Satan wants to distort and destroy your identity, but God is bigger.In Christ:You are completely acceptable.You are extremely valuable.You are eterna...2021-05-0321 minRedeemer Church PodcastEaster Sunday | God is Bigger | Pastor John NiewaldJesus is risen and whatever you have been expecting, HE’S EVEN BIGGER!Support the show2021-04-0523 min
John and Jess Discuss the MessRe-Imagining EducationJohn and Jess are joined by Nicole Niewald - Principal of the KIPP St. Louis High School - to talk about education. What's the purpose? How has the purpose changed post-pandemic? What can we do to better help kids? Join us to listen in to the second to last episode of this season.2021-03-221h 01Redeemer Church PodcastBrand New | Grace & Truth Acts 15 | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth… For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”John 1:14, 17“I didn’t come to abolish the law; I came to fulfill the law.”Matthew 5:17God can purify a heart before you purify your life.We should not make it difficult for people who are turning to God!2021-02-0127 minRedeemer Church PodcastBrand New | Command Acts 4 | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. Then Luke, says these amazing words. All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and much grace was upon them all. There were no needy persons among them. For from time to ti...2021-01-2525 minRedeemer Church PodcastBrand New | Acts 3-5 | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”Acts 4:29-30Going through challenges can make us more timid or more bold. Part of the reason we’ve lost our boldness is because we are so blessed. You should never feel guilty for blessing. You should feel grateful AND you should feel responsible.The first-century founders said, To have suffered, to be...2021-01-1827 minRedeemer Church PodcastBrand New | Acts 1-2 | Pastor John Niewald Message Notes“Blessed are you, Simon for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my and the gates of death, will not overcome it.”- Matthew 16:17-18The church began as a movement launched around an event in history.Ekklesia simply means “an assembly or gathering.”Jesus original intent for the church was—a growing, multicultural, multiethnic, a mission-centered movement of people sharing a very simple...2021-01-1128 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnd He Will Be Called | Everlasting Father | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:61 Jesus came to earth to establish an eternal, permanent relationship with us!- His love toward us is everlasting.- His covenant with us is everlasting.- And His salvation for us is everlasting.2 Jesus has a paternal relationship with us.- Our Father gives life.- Our Father gives advic...2020-12-1422 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnd He Will Be Called | Mighty God | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”- Isaiah 9:6What’s so amazing about Christmas is that God places his limitless power in an infant!“Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for You.”- Jeremiah 32:17Moral of the story: It is just like God t...2020-12-0724 minRedeemer Church PodcastRedeemer Online | Monday Kick-Off | John NiewaldRedeemer Online: Monday Kick-Off - November 30, 2020Support the show2020-11-3015 minRedeemer Church PodcastRedeemer Online | Monday Kick-Off | John NiewaldCatch up with John for a fresh start this week!Support the show2020-11-2312 minRedeemer Church PodcastKeep It Civil | Pt. l | Pastor John NiewaldMessage NotesWhen we have different viewpoints, we have the unprecedented opportunity to model for our community what it looks like to disagree politically and love unconditionally.But if there’s a lack of unity in the church, the Will of God will not be accomplished through the church.Your candidate or candidates will win or lose based on how American citizens vote on a Tuesday in November. But the church will win or lose based on our behavior every single day between now and then.We must not al...2020-10-1126 minRedeemer Church PodcastBold Faith | October 4, 2020 | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.” Luke 20:33We do not go to church, we ARE the church. We are stewards of the faith for our generation. What story will be told about us?Peter in a room full of people who are gonna decide whether he lives or dies, he looks them in the eye, and says. “you crucified him, but God raised him and there is no other named under heaven by which we mus...2020-10-0524 minRedeemer Church PodcastBold Faith | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”Hebrews 12:1-3...2020-09-2822 minRedeemer Church PodcastBold Faith | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. 5 But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he’s the one to fear”. Luke 12: 3-5I would say that what we need more than anything in today’s world of uncertainty…is bold faith.The epicenter of the Christian faith is this horrible/wonderful event that set the standard and the tone for b...2020-09-2124 minRedeemer Church PodcastBe The Church | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. You are…a city set on a hill.” Matthew 5:13-14The truth is—you don’t go to church; you are the church!The church isn’t a place; it’s people!Paul, in these two verses, uses three powerful words to describe Phoebe Sister - The church is about family. - Being included in God’s family is the highest honor and the greatest privilege you will ever receive. Saint - More than anything else...2020-09-1424 minRedeemer Church PodcastHope When | The Bubble Bursts | Pastor John NiewaldMessage NotesDo everything without complaining or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.” Philippians 2:14 What does it mean to “grow deeper spiritually?”When did you most grow spiritually?The ABC’s of Emotional Life:“A” stands for the word “Antecedent.” These are the things that happen to us; my circumstances or my situation.“C” stands for the word “Consequences.” This is how I feel about...2020-09-0622 minRedeemer Church PodcastStories Jesus Told | The Great Banquet | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes• Our Divine Creator is offering us a feast that is more satisfying and more joyful than our favorite meal.• This parable is so important for us today, because we are being invited to a full life, a life where every deep desire is provided for, a life of delight and wonder and joy.• In this parable Jesus is teaching us about our values, our priorities, and our desires. Jesus is talking to us about what matters most.Takeaways from the parable of the Great Feast:1) Those who ar...2020-08-0926 minRedeemer Church PodcastStories Jesus Told | The Sower and The Seed | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes When Jesus gives this parable, He’s focusing on the soil. How the soil receives and responds to the seed. He doesn’t focus on the seeds because seeds so what they do, they grow. This parable isn’t trying to tell us, “Make the seed grow!” It’s asking us, “Will you let the seed grow in you? When we are the right soil, God’s Spirit grows in us and bears fruit in our lives that changes the lives of the people around us. The big question is…”Which soil am I?” Th...2020-08-0323 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnxious For Nothing | Pt. lV | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes• Prayer and praise are the pathway from panic to peace.• Peace guards your hearts and your minds.• Whenever anxiety attacks, you never, ever drop your guard.• The devil’s target is your mind, and his weapon is his lies.• When we pray and we praise, we thank God for who he is, not just for what we see! We thank him for his character and for his nature.• What happens when you pray and when you praise, you start moving from fear to faith, and from worry to peace.Sc...2020-06-1526 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnxious For Nothing | Pt. lll | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes• Elijah totally blanks out on God’s past faithfulness because of what might happen tomorrow, so he runs.• Big Question: What are you doing here? Why have you allowed the uncertainty of tomorrow drive you to a place you have no business being? • The truth is tomorrow is always uncertain. This virus, the economy, your job, your school, your relationships, there is always something threatening.• God’s invitation to you today is: I want you to go back.ScriptureI Kings 19:1-18, (optional) I Kings 16:29-33, I Kings...2020-06-0822 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnxious For Nothing | Pt. ll | Pastor John NiewaldMessage NotesWorry is essentially a preoccupation with tomorrow.Worrying is like prayer in reverse.There is a relationship between the size of your faith and the size of your worry.And as my trust gets bigger, my faith, my worries get smaller.ScriptureMatthew 6:27-34, Ephesians 3:20Support the show2020-05-2521 minRedeemer Church PodcastAnxious For Nothing | Pt. l | Pastor John NiewaldMessage Notes“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a si...2020-05-1819 minRedeemer Church PodcastThe Hope of Easter | John NiewaldJohn brings us out of our series "Famous Last Words" with this 2020 Easter Sunday message of Hope.Support the show2020-04-1320 minRedeemer Church PodcastFamous Last Words | It Is Finished | John NiewaldSupport the show2020-04-0624 minRedeemer Church PodcastFamous Last Words | My God My God Why? | John NiewaldSupport the show2020-03-3024 minRedeemer Church PodcastWhen God Doesn't Make Sense | When God Is Late | John NiewaldSupport the show2020-03-1624 minRedeemer Church PodcastSPECIAL: Ash Wednesday | John NiewaldSupport the show2020-03-0322 minRedeemer Church PodcastSelfless | Grateful in the Grind | John NiewaldMessage Notes "... whatever you do, do it for the logry of God." 1Corinthians 10:31 What if... work is the reward? the prize is the process?You can be grateful in the grind? Three enemies of being grateful in the grind: The pillow: the seduction of comfort The shiny thing: the allure of constant distractions The towel: the perpetual temptation to quit Scripture I Corinthians 10:31, I Corinthians 15:1-10, Matthew 7:21-28, Acts 20:22-24 Support the show2020-01-2821 minRedeemer Church PodcastSelfless | Extravagant in Generosity | John NiewaldMessage Notes "All day long the [lazy and selfish] craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back." Proverbs 21:26 ESV Three mindsets about generosity: The bag mindset: There is never enough. (Haggai 1:6 NKJV) The basket mindset: There is enough. (Deuteronomy 28:2, 5, Luke 6:38) The barn mindset: There is way more than enough. (Proverbs 3:9-10, Exodus 13:2 NLT, Exodus 13:13, Proverbs 3:9-10, Proverbs 21:26 ESV) Support the show2020-01-2125 minRedeemer Church PodcastSelfless | Faithful in Service | John NiewaldMessage Notes What would others say that you are always doing? "The greatest among you will be your servant." - Matthew 23:11 For Jesus' followers, serving is not just something that you do, it's who you are. "In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor." - Acts 9:36 How do we become a faithful servant? "Bring a lunch." "Offer a ride." "Carry a towel." Scripture Matthew 23:1-12, Acts 9:36-42, I Samuel 17:17-58, Luke 19:28-38, John 13:1-17 Support the show2020-01-1324 minRedeemer Church PodcastSelfless | Bold in Witness | John NiewaldMessage Notes We speak BOLDLY about what we believe DEEPLY. How amazed are people by your boldness for Christ, 1-10? How do we grow in boldness?Spend more time with Jesus. Pray and ask God to make you bold. Scripture Matthew 16:24, John 20:19, Acrs 4:8-13, Acts 4:29, I Corinthians 2:9, Revelation 21:1-7 Support the show2020-01-0625 minRedeemer Church PodcastThings Jesus Didn't Say | You Get What You Deserve | John NiewaldMessage Notes When you sin or do wrong and you don't get what you deserve, you feel guilty. What do we do when we find ourselves feeling guilty before God? There's a sick part of me that likes when somebody gets what they deserve, except for when it's me. Jesus did not come just to make bad people good. Jesus came to make dead people alive. Scripture Readings Luke 23:32-35, 39-43, Romans 3:23-26, Ephesians 2:3-9, Psalm 103:10-12 NLTSupport the show2019-10-2820 minRedeemer Church PodcastThings Jesus Didn't Say | You Won't Have Bad Days | John NiewaldMessage Notes John 16:22 - "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble..." Trouble, Trials and Hardships... Prove your faith A faith that has been tested is a faith that can be trusted. Prepare you for a purpose Resistance strengthens your faith. Could it be that God's preparation comes packaged as pain? God never wastes your pain. " ... In this world you will have trouble. But tak eheart! I ahve overcome the world." - John 16:33 NIV Scripture Readings John 16:17-33, I Peter 1:3-9...2019-10-2122 minRedeemer Church PodcastThings Jesus Didn't Say | Do What Makes You Happy | John NiewaldMessage Notes "I'm really good at finding your sins, and pretty good at covering up my own." Sin promises satisfaction at the cost of disobedience to God, and eventual pain to you. Without a belief in absolute truth, truth is defined by whatever makes me/you happy. The problem is that we think that happiness and holiness are mutually exclusive. Holiness is the pathway to true happiness and joy! What do you do when you know what's right, but you keep doing what's wrong? Every temptation is an invitation to depend on Christ! Scripture Readings...2019-10-1521 minRedeemer Church PodcastThings Jesus Didn't Say | You Don't Need to Forgive Them | John NiewaldMessage Notes Who does "unforgiveness" hurt? It hurts God. It hurts the person who is not forgiving. What do you do when you're hurt, when you're bitter? You can start by praying for the person who offended you. One day the king came to you and said, "You owe, I'll pay." To forgive someone does not mean to excuse or tolerate wrongdoing. Forgiveness means you give up the right to hurt them back, and you wish them well before God. Forgiveness empowers you to set the prisoner free, and you realize the prisoner was you. Support th2019-10-0825 minRedeemer Church PodcastSay Yes | To Love | John NiewaldMessage Notes God wants us to say YES to Love. Because this is the most life-changing word in the world. It doesn't matter how much I know. It doesn't matter how much I have. If you don't have love, it's nothing. "Love is Patient..." - Patience is the ability to dwell gladly in the present moment when we would prefer not to. Practice to grow in patience: Slowing: Hurry is a really close relative to ego. Noticing people: You can't love people if you don't really notice them. "Love is kind..." - Kindness is the action side of...2019-09-1726 minRedeemer Church PodcastSay Yes | To Jesus | John NiewaldMessage Notes 1) Saying yes to following Jesus does not mean: - Just going to church. - Just believing in who Jesus is. - Just "liking" Jesus. 2) Saying yes to following Jesus does mean: - Saying Yes to Jesus means that we do some things differently. - Saying Yes to Jesus means spending time with Him. - We say Yes to Jesus when we become like Him. - We say Yes to Jesus when we love Him. 3) What happens when you say Yes to following J...2019-09-1026 minRedeemer Church PodcastThe Power of Prayer | John NiewaldMessage Notes - Prayer starts where you are. (Romans 8:26) - Our prayers are received. (James 5:15, Exodus 3:7, I Kings 17:21-22, Psalms 56:8) - Your prayers can change reality. (James 5:16, Mark 9:29) - Prayer always involves confession. (James 5:16) - Feeling far from God is actually not about God's proximity; it's about our pretending. (Psalms 51:17)- Some prayers must be prayed for you.Support the show2019-08-2627 minRedeemer Church PodcastWhat Matters Most | John NiewaldMESSAGE NOTES James 4:1 - James is making the claim: You have a bigger problem than your current problem. James 4:2 - James refocuses their attention from their circumstances to their inner life. And says, "Your problem isn't just out there; it's in here." Envy can be so dangerous to human relationships. James 4:2-3 - After James diagnoses their envy, he goes deeper and explains way. James 4:4 - James is wanting us to ask the tough question, "are you just looking out for yourself?" Romans 7:21-23 - James is saying, "you have a heart problem, and you can't fix it...2019-08-1922 minRedeemer Church PodcastWords Matter | John NiewaldMessage Notes • James is simply something that we all know to be true: Our words matter. Words steer your life. • Question for each of us today is: What kind of realities are you giving shape to with the words you speak? • So how do we get our words to align with God’s will and bless others? - We have to change where we stand - We have to change what we see - We have to change what we say • Make it a goal that every person you interact with this...2019-08-1223 minRedeemer Church Podcast3 Simple Steps to Better Relationships | John NiewaldMessage Notes • James 1:19 “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” 3 Simple Steps to Better Relationships • Be slow to speak. - James is really saying is, allow God to manage your mouth. • Be quick to listen. - Listening is actually an act of humility. • Be slow to anger. Scripture Readings James 1:19-27, Mark 10:17-27, Matthew 27:11-14, 2 Corinthians 8:9...2019-08-0525 minRedeemer Church PodcastNo Pain, No Gain | John NiewaldMessage Notes • Reveals your true character. • “Suffering takes people beneath the busyness of life and reminds them they are not who they thought they were.” - Paul Tillich • Make you stronger. • God is more concerned with your character than with your circumstances. • Help draw you closer to Jesus. • Don’t have to have the last word. • God still has you. Scripture Readings James 1:1-4, John 9:1-34, Hebrews 12:1-3Support the show2019-07-2822 min